Open Forum in The Villages Florida - Introduction & Updates

This is a weekly podcast called  "OPEN FORUM IN THE VILLAGES".
The show will have a new episode every Friday at 9 AM.

This show is a trailer for the series.  Each show will run from 15 - 30 minutes.

Transcript

Updated Intro Episode - May 29, 2025

[00:00:00] Mike Roth: Yeah, this is Mike Roth. Welcome to the Open Forum in The Villages Florida Podcast. In this show, we're going to talk to leaders in the community, leaders of clubs. And interesting folks who live here in The Villages or in our surrounding areas. I hope to give a perspective to what's happening here in The Villages and information that I think all villagers should have.

I hope to add a new episode every Friday morning at 9:00 AM You can listen to us. At Open Forum in The Villages Florida.Com , our website, or you can listen to us on Alexa by saying, Alexa play Podcast Open Forum in The Villages, Florida. Our podcast is also available on most. Podcast players and on at least 20 other podcast syndicators on the web.

During the course of the last three years, I have featured important people in The Villages like Don Wiley, who is currently Chairman of the Sumter County Commission . Don also produces fantastic drone videos of construction in The Villages. I've spoken to writers like 

Mark Newhouse, Frank Lacione, Lee Court, Tweet Coleman and many others.

, On average, our shows are less than 30 minutes . We have a number of shows that feature players from The Village's, Improv Club players like Donna Hoover, Margaret Barton, Norma Robinson, Dennis Upton, and Doc Chubinski. 

 We've also talked to people at the various Villages Car shows. Typically, our shows are recorded about a month before they're released.

This podcast is supported by you, the listeners. You can become a supporter for as little as $3 a month. It's easy to do on our website, OpenForumInTheVillagesFlorida.Com. We do have a major supporter, Dr. Craig Curtis, of K 2 Medical Research who will be giving us a short Alzheimer's tip each week, our newest supporters will also get a shout out in the first few shows after they become a supporter.

Recently, we've made some significant improvements in the podcast. I've now incorporated several AI voices to act as the announcers. The AI also writes the show descriptions. In addition to coming up with at least five titles for the show, one of the major breakthroughs that we integrated in the show is a transcription of the show, again, created by AI.

The AI also creates chapter markers for us , which you can find in the show descriptions, so - that you can listen to the portions of the show that you feel would be most appropriate. If you know anyone who you think should be on the show, either call me at (513) 646-6523 or you can send me an email with their contact information to mike@rothvoice.com.

Thanks for listening and enjoy many episodes to come.

[00:02:47] Nancy: Our next episode will be released next Friday at 9:00 AM The content of the show is copyrighted by Roth Voice, all rights reserved.